Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab (Persian: سيد رضا حسيني نسب) (born 1960) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja,[1][2][3] currently residing in Canada.[4] He was the President and Imam of the Islamic Centre in Hamburg, Germany, and since 2003 he has served as the President of Shia Islam Federation in Canada.
Reza Hosseini Nassab | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Born | 1960 |
| Religion | Usuli Twelver Shi`a Islam |
| School | Ja`fari |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Canada |
| Post | Grand Ayatollah |
| Website | www.hoseini.org |
Hosseini Nassab was born in Yazd, Iran and studied at the Islamic seminary in Qom.[5] He then went to Canada, where he founded Valie Asr Islamic Center in Toronto,[6] and Ahlul Bayt Center in Ottawa.[5] He chaired the Islamic Centre in Hamburg and founded the Cultural Islamic Center in Berlin. In September 2003, he resigned as head of the Islamic Center of Hamburg.[7] He then returned to Canada to found Imam Mahdi Islamic School in Windsor, and Imam Mahdi Islamic Center in Toronto, Ontario.[8]
Some New Fatwas
editForbiddance of forcing women to cover their hair: "It is not permissible to force women to cover their hair. It is necessary to respect the gender equality of men and women in law and rights."[9]
On covering a Muslim woman's hair: "Covering the body of a Muslim woman is obligatory in Islamic law. However, the ruling on covering the hair of a Muslim woman based on the Quranic verses and Islamic narrations was one of the Islamic governmental rulings to differentiate the free Muslim woman from the non-free maid in a certain period of time when the system of slavery was still in place."[10]
On forbidding the execution of apostates: "It is not permissible to execute an apostate at all."[11]
On stoning: "Stoning is not mentioned in the Holy Quran and is not allowed."[12]
On the purity of non-Muslims: "Non-Muslims, whether followers of divine religions or else, are all intrinsically clean."[13]
Publications
editHosseini Nassab has written more than 160 books and treatises about Islamic theology, Shia faith, philosophy, jurisprudence and logic.[14][15] His publications include:
- The Shia Responds
- Teaching philosophy
- Religion and Politics
- Rights of Women
- The Youths
- Imam Hossein
- Social Ethics
- Formal Logic
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "List of Maraji in Arabic". Archived from the original on 2012-11-02.
- ^ "نعمت اللهیه کوثریه ظهورعلیشاهیه". baktashienews.blogsky.com.
- ^ مراجع و فقهاى حاضر
- ^ Islamopedia[permanent dead link], Ayatollah Hosseini Nassab.
- ^ a b Management biographies Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine, Islamic Centre Hamburg.
- ^ About Archived 2010-02-08 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Change of leadership in the "Islamic Center of Hamburg" Archived 2009-07-03 at the Wayback Machine, www.hamburg.de, 20 January 2004.
- ^ Achievements, Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab's official website.
- ^ New Fatwas, Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab's official website.
- ^ New Fatwas, Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab's official website.
- ^ New Fatwas, Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab's official website.
- ^ New Fatwas, Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab's official website.
- ^ New Fatwas, Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab's official website.
- ^ Autobiography, Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab's official website.
- ^ Books of Ayatollah Hosseini Nassab Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab's official website.
External links
edit- www.hoseini.org Official website of Ayatollah Hosseini Nassab
- Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab in the Islamic Encyclopaedia of Germany
- About the management, Islamic Centre Hamburg
- Canada Shia News